#not a perfect 1 for 1 AU some characters split or share roles

[buttercupart]

yay Demon House AU yay yippee wahoo [crowd is completely silent]

[kaykay-13]

Hello, Ideas anon here, back with more long asks and more ideas for the isekai AU.

I think I should be excused because 1) I give you ideas. 2) I write your outlines for you.

(But first, to make things legible I'm gonna split them into multiple asks. They get shorter I swear! )

SO, You know how the Canon Yun Jin is popular for her voice and her operatic singing?

What if, for whatever occasion or ceremony, the Duke and the crown princess are required to sing together during the spotlight of a festival to symbolize how in harmony they are together? How they suit each other perfectly?

Typical isekai cliché.

Now... We all know how ATROCIOUS xingqiu's singing is.

Chongyun having an easy way out of this predicament makes a suggestion: He could be the one to sing and xingqiu could just sync with him since he actually has a nice voice and had practice (in his previous life) and singing to his younger siblings (chongyun having a lot of younger siblings and being a mom when he's not playing the role of a knight is a headcanon I'll take to the grave)

Xingqiu has essentially claimed the rights over chongyun's voice.

Of course, the crown princess is the main singer and the Duke is the background singer. He can easily hide behind her and pretend to move his mouth to the lyrics.

If he just looks to the side, he can see chongyun behind the stage's curtains, singing along. And somehow, despite yun Jin dominating the performance, the Duke can't help but find his focus straying to the softer, more gentle counterpart to yun jin's segment.

His voice carries on soft and sweet against yun jin's sharp and strong notes, the contrast making for a good balance to the whole piece.

As the performance comes to a finale, the audience erupts into cheers and the royal duo are praised for the euphony and accord they share and how well they go together. They bless their union together bleh bleh.

Then comes the FL. Who wants a contest against the power couple and coincidentally... She requests chongyun to join her in a duet!

Cut to chongyun banging his head onto a wall.

He is eventually pressured into taking the stage with the FL who looks proudly and confidently onto the gossiping onlookers.

They start. The FL starts to sing and right away, you know she's gonna win. FL powers as always.

Chongyun contemplates just fainting right then and there and pretends the FL's voice was so heavenly and divine that he saw white. The light of God.

(overplayed but desperate times call for desperate measures)

He is about to cut his losses and start singing because, if he played his cards well (not let the FL intervene), the outcome would prove well for the princess and the Duke anyway because no one would disbelieve a Duke over a mere noble.

Yes, his reputation would take a hit but he's his lord ship's knight. His job is to protect him from all harm, even shame.

(The side characters are always made to be scapegoats anyway, right?)

Then-

He hears the most awful of screeches.

So bad that the FL actually slips up with the lyrics.

Chongyun, dumbfounded, looks to the side only to see this:

The Duke and the crown princess are standing behind the stage to the side. Xingqiu singing his heart away, badly. And yun Jin just standing there cupping her ears as she gives chongyun a thumbs up.

The FL winces and losses her rhyme, even her perfect voice cracks at some parts but she continues to determinedly sing on.

...

Even though the FL had a phenomenal start, the middle and the final were just atrocious.

The crowd boos and the FL escapes in tears.

The Crown princess and the Duke emerge victorious and they celebrate backstage.

Chongyun congratulates the two on their win.

Yun Jin of course corrects him by telling him it's THEIR win.

The Duke has been silent all along. Yun Jin comments on how she did not expect him to be THAT bad.

The Duke "bristles" and condescending claims that if it weren't for chongyun's sorry ass he wouldn't have to put himself out there like that and how he now has to bear the shame of having his voice heard and made public....Then he dramatically adds that chongyun has failed his duty by allowing for the Duke to make a fool of himself in front of his closest companions. He is exaggerating ofc.

Yun Jin Bursts into laughter and chongyun soon follows with short, halting chuckles while xingqiu glowers over them.

But then chongyun grimaces and yun jin asks what's wrong. Chongyun answers that he's been having a splitting headache ever since his faux performance with the FL. He's feeling a bit light-headed (for real).

Yun Jin gasps when blood starts sprouting from chongyun's nose, just pouring out profusely, staining his white uniform (signifying the loss of his virginity jkjk it could symbolize the loss of innocence too)

Chongyun not being able to handle two embarrassments in the same night, flees, leaving the royal "couple" a bit concerned.

"it's your singing isn't it?" yun Jin the ever-smart princess comments.

Chongyun escapes to the forest where he bemoans his existence once again, wiping his nose. He bumps into the FL who is shocked at the sight of blood. She makes assumptions right away.

"He hit you didn't he?!"

She assumes the Duke hit him for agreeing to sing with her.

(cue to FL thinking chongyun's being abused and is pushing her away to heroically protect her)

Exasperated, chongyun is about to correct her when she starts apologizing.

"Sorry for forcing you into this lost cause. Sorry for bringing embarrassment and shame into your name. It's my fault"

Hm? Chongyun is actually surprised at this one.

She's sincerely apologetic and means well so reluctantly he ends up reassuring her because no one's around to see.

(This is a build-up for another idea I have. Don't worry, there is no true redemption for the FL. Just development for chongyun hoho)

The next day, chongyun, being the earnest boy he is, apologizes to the Duke and the crown princess for showing such a shameful side of him lol.

Would the duke strain his ear closer to hear better when chongyun thoughtlessly hums a tune while going through the tedium? Probably. (1)

anon you are Slightly Maybe Very correct........... yun jin in this au is actually educated in all sorts of fine arts while her half brother crown prince does nothing but fool around with women and he’s going to take the throne simply because he’s a man.

cue yun jin hatching a plan with xingqiu to take over the kingdom to benefit them both. cue yun jin flaunting her skills while trying to shame yun jie (her brother). WHAT IF......... WHAT IF ALL THAT, BUT IT'S PRESENTED BY YUN JIN TO THE EMPIRE TO SHAME HER BROTHER............ under the guise of "friendly competition between siblings" of course................. AND HE TRIES TO FIND A SCAPEGOAT............... CALLS IN SOMEONE ELSE TO SING FOR HIM.............. AND THAT SOMEONE IS CHONGYUN......................... yum

[vivienne-faustina]

Master List Oct Edition (1/2)

It was as I predicted: bigger; so big in fact that it had to be split into two else the tags won’t work.

This half contains AU-centric headcanons (excluding Classic Undertale)

The second half contains Classic Undertale, Multiple AU posts, other headcanons (mostly of dif AUs) and Franstastic-Idea's more personal posts

More Than Frans - October Content

Wraithtale————————————————

Oct 1

WT? confession? proposal? marriage? gasp! babehs????

Some WT gang headcanons

beach episode hc for wt papara? or frans?

Oct 4 - can we take a peek in wtPapara/Frans dates?

Oct 6 - Granpa Gaster and Fatherhood hyjinks for the brothers?

Oct 7 - I’m interested in more “beach episode” headcanons for WT

Oct 9 - How would gaster react to seeing Sans's wraith gf????

Oct 11 - what of pregnant WT Frans and Papara?

Oct 20 - A ‘Thorny’ Situation…

Oct 21 - Wraithtale laws of magic and are there humans magicians?

Oct 23

So, Rosalyn's "rivalry" with Frisk is PURELY one-sided 

I would love to for Rosalyn to meet Chara

Mettaton’s confrontation with Rosalyn

I'd like to know what Wraithtale AU is?

I'm okay with tsunderes... if they don't punch every 5 minutes... 

Is Roselyn also the person who nearly killed wraith Frisk

What's Kris’ role?

Rosalyn would need the perfect plan on how to get WT Frisk to leave 

Would WT Kris ever meet WT Susie or WT Ralsei?

Would the Wrathtale characters ever get Kris to come out of hiding?

Oct 27

Would WT Chara be instantly alerted to WT Frisk's sudden absence

"Sans and Papyrus are kind of jealous over Kris, but it isn’t serious."

Oct 28

Frisk snapping back in defense of Sans and calling Rosalyn out on it

Is it because Kris uses magic to eat without gaining weight

Did Frisk and Chara even know what "cosplay" was?

Cryptozoologist Frisk———————————

Oct 1

Cryptozoologist Frisk and Sans confessions?

Cryptozoologist au love triangle proposals

We for CryptoFrans but what about CryptoFrister?

Oct 2 - what if she chose ... j e r r y ?

Oct 5 - If Frisk confessed romantic interest in Papyrus?

Oct 12 - Sans stumbles upon a section of how cute the Sans is

Oct 22 - Frisk gets injured. How would Sans or Gaster react?

Oct 30

Can we have some cryptozoologist au hcs?

Any Sans centric Sans centric cryptozoologist au hc?

Pure Convergence AU——————————

Oct 5

Sans Reacts to Red Moving Into the House Across the Street

The skeletons share one braincell amongst each other

Oct 9 - The Convergence AU Cast as Gravity Falls Gifs

Oct 13

What is Sans' pet chickens relationship with the other Frisks?

How would Sans feel about someone who cooked his pet chicken?

how does Sans feel to rival against the cool one(G)?

what time of space time shenanagins would happen with the chicken

Oct 14 - What breed of chicken would Henri be?

Oct 22

Do the other skeletons have any pets of their own?

I forgot Gaster in that ‘which birds would the other boys have’ ask

What is the convergence au?

Oct 23

what about convergence au cuddles?

More convergence Au please! Thank you!

Reverse harem trope of the Convergence AU specifics

The first rule of the Skeleton Harem is:

I don't hate reverse harems

Oct 26

What costumes would Frisk and the skeleton harem wear

What a halloween stuff would the sanses and frisk do?

Oct 28

Frisk and the skeleton boys are going to anime convention 

Pure Children of the Ruins————————

Oct 1

pssst how about Children of the Ruins hcs

Would Flowey be jealous over Chara and Papyrus?

Oct 2

more child of the ruins headcanon please!

everybody in the keepers of the ruins looks like?

Oct 10 - First kisses? for Frans/Papara Ruin Kids?

Oct 12 - More children of the ruins please!

Witch AU————————————————

Oct 4 - Witch Au! Witch AU!!! UfSans vs UsSans vs UtSans please!

Oct 5 - whats the thing they like the most in their witches?

Oct 8 - but what do the witches like about their skele?

Oct 29 - Witch Au. How did Frisk meet Black and G?

Pure Underfell——————————————

Oct 2 - How did Frans and Papara tell the Goats about their bfs?

Oct 3 - any tsundere Fell Papyrus and Chara?

Oct 8 - What are UF Papyrus' go-to "compliments" 

Oct 9 

What were UF Papara's first impressions of each other?

Say UF Papyrus found a book of pickup lines in the dump.

What happened to UF Chara to make her so terrified of many things?

Oct 11

How does UF Papyrus respond to being flirted with?

How would UF Chara respond to being flirted with?

After the person leaves Chara alone when Papyrus intervenes…

Oct 12

When UF Chara compliments UF Papyrus, what would he do?

UF Papara pregnancy?

Underfell frans/papara angst?

Oct 21 - If someone else comments about chara’s sensitivity…

Oct 22

Wow would Papyrus react to UF Asriel's closeness to UF Chara?

can we get some underfell papara/frans cuddle scenarios?

I demand more Underfell Fluffiness

Oct 23

To what degree do you dislike Tsundere? How about Fell Papyrus?

When Undyne finds out about Pap’s interest in a human 

Oct 24 - When Pap tries to kiss/cuddle her without telling Chara first

Oct 28 - Does Pap’s hatred for the Goat Family apply to UF Asriel

Pure Underswap—————————————

Oct 4 - Im gon a say it before anyone ask. Underswap papara ♡

Oct 12

US Papara pregnancy if anyone hasn't asked yet..

US Frisk's initial feelings about US Sans' hyperactive personality?

Oct 22 - Swap Papara cuddles?

Oct 27

Do you think that US Frisk has a particular taste for anything?

US Papara fluff! I demand it!

Pure G!Skelebros—————————————

Oct 1 - More gpapara headcanons please! child of the ruins hcs too?

Oct 3 - Does Gaster Sans or Gaster Papyrus have a cuisine specialty

Oct 4 - G!Frans please! 

Oct 5 - Discovering your S/O has a secret hobby, and being caught!

Oct 6

dude dude dude GSans reaction to a pregnant Momm Frisk ?

we absolutely need to have a g!papara version of pregnancy

Oct 7 - Have you heard of the gfrans don x kitten?

Oct 9 - G!Papara/frans First kisses?

Oct 11

Gpapara is so sweet and fluffy! can we have more of them?

G!Frans next!

Storyshift-related————————————

Oct 1 - Storyshift Papara

Oct 11 - KingSans x Ambassador Frisk first kiss? i miss this ship

Oct 12 - King Sans x Ambassador Frisk pregnancy?

Oct 21 - story shift king x ambassador please? fell version

Dancetale-related————————————

Oct 4

Dancetale sans and frisk headcanons?

More dancetale please! can we have some papara with that too?

oh gosh dancetale can we have some danceswap frans ???

Welp danceswap papara time

Oct 12

if the person is flirting with frisk, how does he cope with it

what are your thoughts with Dancetale!Gfrans?

Oct 21 - some more dancetale frans?

Oct 22 - how does sans even express his love for frisk?

Oct 23 - DanceTale AU where instead of ballet, Frisk ice dances

Mafia/Mobtale-related——————————

Oct 4 - what about mafiafell hc?

Oct 5 - Runaway bride Frisk! Sans is tasked to retrieve her ...

Oct 6 - Mafia Frans is so cute… like how slow is the slowburn?

Oct 12

mmmmmmmmmmmafia donna frisk x rival don G?

yknow the drill. Lets see some MobPapara but oddly enough.

Oct 14 - more mobtaleGfrans please!

Oct 21 - More MafiaGfrans or Gpapara

Oct 27 - Can we have some more Frans/Papara cuddles?

Wraithtale Swap—————————————

Oct 12 - WT swap what do you think the boys would be like?

Oct 13 - How would wraith Sans meet Frisk?

Oct 14 - How would WT Swap Sans attempt to rectify the situation?

Oct 21

WT swap, how do Papyrus and Chara meet?

How would Chara and Papyrus react to each other?

Oct 23 - When did Sans start wooing her?

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Merry Early Christmas and Happy Hannukah! (1/2)

[shiranuieditorial]

shakes (from @zenazie thanks!)

my opinion of them: really not my thing. hes bland and tasteless and lacking his own distinct, unique oomph that makes him memorable. hes an overly-adult-like mary sue who doesnt know how to carry his own show. hes a below-decent main character at best, but hey, the show needed a main character and he happened to fit a quarter of the job criteria, so here we are.

im not complaining about him being a main character though; there are plenty of minor characters for me to like and favor out there. i just wish se would give him a distinct, enjoyable personality to go along with his surrealistically, absurdly perfect football and problem-solving skills.

their real name: oluwasegun mokena-okoro. i decided to mash both surnames together because a) its easy and inclusive and unstressful, and b) it happened to also be plot-convenient that shegs has family from south africa. havent decided whether he should have a middle name or not; probably yes, but idk.

their special agent codename: starbomb. it was his gamer tag first, mimi tegong alias second.

their chinese codename: 湯超 tāng (surname, hot water, soup or broth) chāo (super-, ultra-, to exceed, to surpass, to transcend). because hes super! right, strika entertainment?

their birthday: 3 august 1997 for canon/canon divergence, 3 august 2000 for most other aus.

sexuality headcanon: bisexual biromantic. lots of carefree crushes to go around.

gender headcanon: trans man, he/him.

ethnicity headcanon: he is part igbo naija, and has some/most of his paternal family in the gauteng province of south africa, because same with the case with skarra, i like their naija versions better, but this kiddo just happens to be half-half. (as for the south african version of canon, shegs and his family all come from gauteng and around it)

language(s) they know: igbo and english. in noir au, he and his parents move to johannesburg, where he will learn some afrikaans to better assimilate to his new home. (soufrican version of canon: english and afrikaans, with very little isizulu)

my otp(s) for them: skarraaaaaaaaaaaaa because noir au! if this were a year ago, id say riano too, but a few weeks ago i got too carried away with a ri/elma reimagining that i now like it better than ri/shegs! funny how the imagination works.

my brotp(s) for them: klaus because roomie power! and tiger because, uhh, they get into trouble together. so sweet :)

i also like his playful and fun-oriented dynamics with nessi, the argentine, but they dont make it into the otp section because i want them to remain prancing flirtatiously around each other rather than it advancing into a real thing. theyll share several romantic touches and gestures, but at the end of the day, theyre more flirty bros than... serious boyfriends. they are in a flirtationship.

would they put pineapple on pizza: haha, he would for the first time! but it turns out pineapples arent the fruit for him. he makes his dark web handle “pineapple scam” because its what he had in mind at the moment. he likes his pizzas meaty better than fruity.

can they do the splits: no. i know se/aa like to think he could, but theyre wrong.

their main weapon: his mary sue brains of course, thanks to strika entertainment. in my version where hes a better-developed character though, his main thang is a glock 19x, which he uses very very very sparingly in his defensive style of fighting, but he can use it.

what car theyd have/the kind of car i associate with them: well, hes canonically had a ‘05–‘06 ford gt that he presumably ditched along with the mansion, and a horrible confusing crossbreed of a ‘70–‘74 challenger with a ‘69–‘70 mustang mach-1 before said ford gt, none of which i would ever peg in a million years to be in his automotive taste range, but it happened anyway and i heavily suspect strika entertainment has the case of having a thing for american muscle and american muscle only. but look, au-wise, he could do with a nice, bright, glossy cherry red ‘06 ford gt with white racing stripes, perfectly fit for street-racing his other friends with other nice cars, because i love cars and street races and therefore all my aus must have nice cars and street races.

an animal pet i associate with them: that potted house plant rasta was sitting in in his apartment. its as far as he can go in terms of taking care of anything other than himself.

a song i associate with them: “the chain” by fleetwood mac, “backstreets back” by backstreet boys, old-timey stuff to match his old-timey car hahaha.

any extra headcanon: the kind of person whose mbti type, stack functions, and enneagram type arent fully set in, arent fully concrete into his personality (yet?), making it hard to figure out, even making it seem as if theyre fluid and changing, making him a bit of an outcast in that area. a gryffindor who can totally be stupid, naive, powerless, and very un-mary sue-like at times. let your main characters be so flawed they get dropped from the main character role after just a week. wed love to see it.

[jjunishi]

Choice

Kakegurui au (since I haven't seen any) 

Prompt: In a school run entirely by gambling ability, Katsuki Bakugou is the self-proclaimed king and everyone who challenges him is unlikely to meet a very good outcome. 

Pairing: Katsuki Bakugou x fem. reader

Rating: idEk what this is but there’s implied sexy things (characters are aged up) 

Words: 3,234 

Part two? Would anyone want that tho??

It was one of the largest come-ups that Japan has ever seen. Incredible how an unknown family name suddenly became one of the best known and perhaps even infamous names seemingly overnight. The media painted the family out to be one of mystery but with an evident stench of new money, cold hard cash. Overnight, they had one of the largest net worth’s that Japan has ever seen, it was borderline terrifying the power they had. Consequentially, when the only child of the family was enrolled into Hyakkaou Private Academy, it was hardly to the surprise of anyone.

She was the ever so gentle daughter, greatly treasured as the only heir that would inherit the empire. Just as she brushed by the gates of the school, people instantly knew who she was, whether it was for the fame or the controversy. The girl wore a soft smile, beautiful as the rest of her, it was enough to brush off the look she had in her eyes. She fed off of the power and knew how it all worked. Manipulation and people skills were her specialties and the idea of being underestimated only excited her.

Katsuki Bakugou was the self-declared leader of the school, he was the show-man of that entire shit show of a school. Of course, the student council president was the official power of the school but Bakugou had much greater power and influence over the student body than the president ever did. Evidently having such a powerful body among the civil students without being a member of the council was unheard of and so a high position on the council was offered to him but was almost instantly refused. Bakugou thought it was a tacky attempt to control him, caging him in and preventing him from growing any bigger- for the council to control him with their own rules. The idea made Bakugou sick as he thrived in the anarchy that he was otherwise creating, he fed off of the chaos, unpredictability, and the overall fragile state of the system because wasn’t that the exact mirror of a good gamble? Bakugou wanted the fear, he liked the way he was looked at whenever he entered the room, he liked being the obeyed master of his many house pets, he liked knowing that he was truly on top. Most importantly, however, he hated anyone who dared to challenge him- Afterall, nobody was of worth to him.

-

“You’re the heir of that rich family, aren’t you?”

“You’re so pretty!”

“I love the way you do your hair-“

“Want to get desserts later-“

The questions flooded y/n just as she was introduced. She only countered with a soft smile, trying her best to keep up with each question, trying her best to be nice to everyone even though her reputation was already long solidified in that school.

She knew exactly what being in the school entailed and how the system worked- why else would she choose this school over others? Her family loved the thrill and the gene was clearly passed down to her.

“The fuck do you think you are”

The room instantly went silent as a deep aura filled the room and the classroom door was slammed shut. Again, Bakugou’s house pets were as obedient as always.

The girl looked up with questioning innocence as the sea of bodies that once crowded her was suddenly split due just to the voice of the male. Her eyes gleamed as he had clearly caught her attention. So this was the leader- well, more so the rebel. She only sent him an innocent look as she was sure to quickly introduce herself, yet, she didn’t even do so much as stand up to bow to him. Rude, but she knew it would be a bomb to his ego. Bakugou was annoyed by such petty behaviour but he couldn’t lie to himself and say he wasn’t entertained. As a scowl spread over his face, he hissed and grabbed the closest chair to him, flipping it around and setting it down to sit in front of her and backwards on the chair with his hands gripping it. He bit the inside of his cheek as he mustered the best grin he could. Why scare her away this early? She would clearly make a nice little house pet for him, probably a good footrest.

“Listen here, big eyes- “

Weird nickname.

“-I’m sure you already know how this school works. I see you even had a chance to gamble with that dumb Deku, hm?” Bakugou said in the nicest tone he could. It came out as a grumble instead.

“Oh yes! Izuku was quite the opponent, I had a good gamble!”

Good gamble? She wrung him dry of 20 million yen in just three sets.

Having knowledge of this, Bakugou wasn’t certain whether he should go ahead and shamelessly taunt Izuku for his losses or feel annoyance in the innocent way the girl infront of him was speaking. Was she in no way intimidated by him? Was she underestimating him?

“Close the blinds.” He growled out to the students wearing the tags that were crowded behind him, all instantly obeying with the notion of what would be happening next. The room was black under some dim lights came on, lighting up just the table infront of them.

“Oh, I see! You want to play a game, hm? You could have just said!” Her voice was sweet enough to cause a cavity, playing it all up  simply because she knew the effect it had on him, observing from the little time she has known him that he really was a ticking bomb, it only took time and she was going to use it for her advantage.

“Shut up, you idiot, call it for what it is. A fucking gamble.” He spoke with his tone gradually increasing in volume. He flipped his chair around to face her. After all, having the back of the seat against his chest would imply a form of cheating when it came to card games and Bakugou got his ego fed the most by games won with an even gamble.

“Choice poker. Every heard of it, dumbass?” His eyebrows furrowed together tightly in a scowl as a new deck of cards was placed onto the shared desk. Of course, he would pick his favourite game to gamble on.

“I assume it’s like poker…but with a choice” She teased him, propping her elbows onto the desk and placing her chin on her hands. Bakugou had to keep from lashing out then and there- because after all, what did he have to worry about? No way was a little extra going to beat him in a gamble that he pulled all of his house pets in with, it was only a matter of patients before he could laugh in her face and claim the victory (and cash) that he has grown so addicted to.

“Choice poker? I don’t think I’ve ever played; do you care to explain the rules?” She spoke in a soft voice as she tilted her head to the side in curiosity, a soft expression on her face, not even betting on an unfamiliar game seemed to scare her. But of course, she knew the game, she was just using this as a spare chance to analyse him, since the order and tone he describes the rules would stress what he views to be most and least important. What rules a player deems more crucial can definitely reflect the approach they would most likely be taking.

Bakugou let out a tsk of air, annoyed but what more would he expect.

“Fine. Listen well since I’ll only say it once, try and get it through that thick skull of yours.”

He pointed to a member of the crowd of people, “He’ll play the role of the dealer-“. Bakugou was cut off by the female in front of him.

“But that can hardly be fair, a biased dealer isn’t it?”

She earned a smirk and a scoff.

“Of course, I wouldn’t stoop so low as to have such an obvious cheat”

He was an honest player but bluffing and causing uncertainty in his opponent was his best and only cheat.

A voice spoke from the corner of the room, “I will deal”.

It was Shouto Todoroki. He wasn’t a house pet, nor was he interested in gambling his money away, he just respected an artful gamble between two opponents, careful to avoid cheats. He was a dealer that was trusted by the student council and so the rate of turning down Todoroki’s request to deal were very low if an unbiased gamble was that of the objective.

“Perfect, half and half will deal, is that to your shitty standards?” Bakugou leaned forward in his seat with a testing expression. The response he received from her was a satisfied smile and quick nod, “Yes indeed! I know he is a diligent dealer”.

That was among one of the many things she knew.

With a huff and the roll of his eyes, Bakugou proceeded to explain the rules.

Todoroki shuffled the cards.

“It has the same basic rules as common poker, five of a kind are the strongest hand and high card are the weakest hand. The joker is obviously incorporated and is strongest in place of the ace, we play with all 52 cards. But what makes this game interesting isn’t that the strongest hand doesn’t necessarily indicate the winner. The lower hand can win depending on the choosing of the highest better. So, it’s all a game of choice…and how much money you can bet. Oh and you can only exchange your cards once.”

Interesting that he mentioned this last. Rules usually lay this out first but Bakugou is indeed searching for chaos and chance, it’s a game that perfectly mirrored him as an individual. Y/n was sure not to let this bit of information slip.

“Seeing as you robbed Deku of 20 million- I don’t blame you, that idiot wouldn’t know better even if it hit him in the face- and you have that sweet new money, I’m sure you wouldn’t care if we started with 1 million yen chips?” His scarlet eyes gleamed as he twisted a chip in between his fingers.

“Sound’s brilliant! I’ll request 100 million’s worth!”, she chimed in shamelessly.

If Bakugou wasn’t certain in his skills and the fortunes he acquired from his house pets, he would have been irritated. Now he just knew that she really was worthy of becoming his footrest.

A loud laugh fell from his lips,

“I like the way you play, big eyes!”

Still a weird fucking nickname.

“I’ll mirror your 100 million yen”, he wasn’t worried about it, it was pocket change.

The chips were placed on the table and Todoroki has commenced with distributing the cards.

“I’ll bet just 10 million. I’m a gentleman after all.” Bakugou pushed the ten chips forward as he knew y/n would raise by at least 1 million yen, he gave her a smaller risk. It was her first round after all.

She did exactly as he expected and placed down the million. “Does that mean I can choose?”

“Sure does, dumbass”

She made the choice of betting on a stronger hand.

As the two placed their cards down, it was clear that both had bad hands.

However, y/n was gifted with an ace and so she won the set.

“Impressive, lady luck is on your side today”, Bakugou teased. He knew she would win the hand, he scarified it to see if she had a few tells he could pick up on, whether her face contorted in a certain way depending on the hand she was given. No tells. This was an annoyance to him but he viewed it as a mild inconvenience for a greater win.

Todoroki dealt the second hand and Bakugou was quick to exchange a set of queens.

“Wow, that’s quite the bold move, Katsuki, are you going for a weak hand?”

Now her tone was different. It wasn’t sweet, it was now a venom on her tongue. What made Bakugou cringe was his name coming off of her lips. He never introduced himself and now it became evident that she knew more than he thought she did.

She was done playing games.

“Or are you perhaps making me think you are? What are you hiding there? I bet it’s a pair of kings…maybe the joker, you seemed to like that card quite a bit” she set her cards down on the table as she pushed in all of her chips.

“Raise 1 million yen!”

Why was she betting like this on a hand she potentially figured out? Why wasn’t she going all in? Bakugou was actually starting to fell uncertainty because he was unable to understand her nor her motives. She knew his move, but she also knew he could easily out bet her even if she did have the upper hand from having one the last hand.

“Raise 70 million.” Bakugou was becoming jaded with his hand, all he could do is out bet her in that moment. But that also appeared to be what she was trying to make him do…unless she certainly either had a set of twos or knew that he didn’t really have the joker. She was bluffing.

“I guess I’ll have to call, I’m not ready to go all in yet”, she spoke with such a slickness in her voice, it was eerie, but it got Bakugou going even more than he already was.

“I bet on a stronger hand’, that seemed to be the best choice for him at that very moment, she did spend more time focusing on the likelihood that he would bet on a weaker hand after all.

“Please show your hands”, said Todoroki as he motioned to the desk on which they were playing.

Of course, Babkugou was right. He won the hand easily with the pair of fours.

But his heart still raced. She had a terrible hand dealt to her; she was doomed to lose either way so why would she try to out bet him knowing that both of her predicted outcomes out have led to her downfall.

“I guess this hand goes to you! Well played, Katsuki!”

He scowled at the name that left her lips. How dare she talk to him with such informality, he was clearly on a higher rank than she as and he was also winning their gamble.

But this wasn’t an attempt to annoy him nor was she trying to be rude, she was hinting at the fact that she already had him figured out and all it took was the play of two hands.

She had full control over the outcome of the game, having completely taken it from Bakugou. In her eyes, this was an absolute win because they weren’t playing for the heaps of cash they were betting on, but dominance and their own pride.

           The final hand was commenced, cards were shuffled and distributed. Without even looking at her hand, she pushed fourth all of the remaining chips she had.

“I raise 40 million yen”, her voice was a lot darker than the sweet voice he heard addressing him at the time of his very arrival into the room. Her voice was as sweet as candy, but it wasn’t real cherry, just a chemical imitation but nonetheless addictive.

“You Idiot!”, he cried out a laugh, “you’re either one bold bitch or just completely insane!”

Bakugou pushed all of his chips in as well. He had the choice since there was nothing left to bet.

This was finally when y/n decided to look at her cards. Her expression was indifferent from the rest. Babkugou was at a complete loss. Although he had the advantage in choosing the winning hand, his option wasn’t any easier now. He had a straight flush of high cards, the odds were entirely in his favour and all he had to do was choose a strong hand.

“what’s wrong, Katsuki…you have a clear decision infront of you…”

She was suddenly standing up from her seat and slowly dragging her fingers over the desk, a few chips knocked from their nearly stacked towers.

She circled until she stood behind him. Her breath was hot against the back of his neck as her plush chest pressed between his shoulder blades.

“What’s wrong…aren’t you going to bet on the strong hand? That seems to be your preferred winning. With a strong hand isn’t it? That’s your style…twisting up your opponent and making them think that the cards dictate your choice- but you love the control…you love to be on top and mysterious, while having all of these ‘extras’ figured out from front to back…So, why are you hesitating now?”

Bakugou’s throat was dry. She had him completely figured out.

“You seem a little hot under the collar, darling…is everything alright?” she whispered against his ear, her fingers travelling along his shoulders before she gently unbuttoned the top button of his shirt…then the second…stopped after doing the third.

He was entertained, after all, she was one of the only opponents to make him feel this way and to come so close.

But the win was his.

So why was he in doubt?

“Come on… show me my fate…am I yours to play with? Or are you mine?”

“Stronger fucking hand!”, his rage and hotheadedness spilled over in that moment as he tossed his cards onto the table. It was a perfect hand, he had the joker too.

The girl behind him kept her calm and slowly revealed her cards only to him.

She had a shitty hand again. But if he chose to choose a weak hand, she would have lost without doubt.

“I guess that’s it”, that was the last thing she whispered to him before she slid back into her seat.

“You fucking house pet!”, he cried out, his eyes a blood red as a wide grin spread across his face. Now he was the one standing. “Unless you can pay up, where’s my 200 million?”

It was no question that she had the money, she just wanted to lie, entertain herself and use the rules of the school to her own advantage. Not a surprise, since this type of manipulation was how her family rose to the top so quickly. She was the heir all in all and he was a pawn in her game.

But he was also one in his.

Unknown to the both of them, a mutual relationship of advantages and pleasure was birthed in that room at the cost of those 200 million yen.

“I don’t have it-“

This threw Bakugou in a fit of laugher. It was a lot better winning out of uncertainty, this was the type of gamble he came to be addicted to.

“What will you do? Tie me up? Walk me on a leash like a good kitten? Strip poker maybe? We could even play Russian roulette!”

She was mocking him but little did she knew that his true ideas went above and beyond.

“That’s for me to know and for you to find out…What happens to you is up to me to decide… You’re mine now, kitten….and it only cost me a game of choice.”

Okay so this was my first lil dabble thing, I have plans to continue it but it all depends on the feedback! Please leave a comment on what you liked and what wasn’t that great, constructive criticism is greatly appreciated!

I own none of the right to the characters or plots mentioned. 

[bogprincess-kira]

Skekso!

Most of these are gonna be old news for you, but I haven’t shared p much anything on this blog yet, so I’m just gonna go over the basics if that’s cool. Anyway,

SkekSo the Emperor

Why I like them

Honestly, a lot of my opinion of him is based on headcanon and rewrites, as with most TDC characters. Canonically, he's supposed to be an old coward who thinks of nobody but himself and doesn't care about his Court, much less the Gelfling... And that feels kinda bland to me. A good baseline, yes, but that can't be all there is to it - which is why I liked him a lot more after we learned about how strong his fear of mortality is, even compared to the other Skeksis.

I like seeing the personal side of villains, probably for the same reason I like redemption arcs. I know the Emperor and the rest of his Court are doomed, and with their track record, there's nothing personal stopping them from scorching every last inch of the continent - but knowing that there's something else fueling their actions gives that little bit of hope. People learn to face fear every day... Which only makes seeing how badly they've fucked up even worse.

He's the Emperor, the leader, the head honcho, all that stuff. It makes sense that he'd play a narrative role as the perfect example of why the Skeksis are dangerous as their echo chamber stands. I'm definitely in the camp of "they could try to be better", but they're not going to, and skekSo shows us exactly why... Not to mention, all the conquest they've already wrought. 

Why I don’t

Same reason as all the evil Skeksis: we already know how this ends, and there's no chance for them to turn back now. Even if they did, it wouldn't save the Gruenaks, or protect the Makrak, or free the Podlings.

In some ways, that's a positive, because it gives us a clear villain and an obvious theme of tragedy and inevitably, but... I dunno, I just wish there was more variation in the Lord-Mystic dynamic. Even if things continue along their path to the movie, it would still make things a lot more interesting in the meantime, and give the Twice-Nine more of a chance to clean up the mess they've made.

Favorite episode (scene if movie)

The moment during the Battle for Stone-In-The-Wood, when he tries to use the Darkening to strike down the Resistance, only for Deet to lightning-bend it back and unleash hell on the Lords. (RIP Lach though ;-; )

Favorite season/movie 

... Season 1 of AoR, I guess? There's not much else he's appeared in for big chunks of time that I've already seen... Or read, I suppose.

Favorite line

"We know the torments that lie behind us, but what torment awaits beyond this existence? All the more reason to hold onto life, with all claws... No matter the cost."

Favorite outfit

... I would just say his usual outfit, but the deathbed scene in the movie had some beautiful set design, so I'm gonna count that whole situation as skekSo.

OTP

SoVarZok, with Var as his and Zok's partner, and Zok as the Emperor's closest friend. It's not terribly popular, sure, but I talk a lot about it on Discord. (You already knew that though so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ )

I imagine that he and Var's relationship was a lot healthier before Essence, but that's mostly AU territory.

Brotp

Again, Zok's definitely the Skeksis I would interpret as skekSo's greatest ally.

Head Canon

SkekSo was, by far, one of the weakest Skeksis, long before the Darkening came into play. He has almost no physical strength or above-average intelligence to speak of, nor does he have much beyond his status as Emperor to leverage against others; SoSu became a de facto leader because of his looks, emotional "control", and ability to act like he knows what he's doing.

All three of those, uh... "Positive" traits were caused by his lack of strength, in some way, shape, or form. Urskek society places a ridiculous amount of weight on beauty and conformity, often to the detriment of health, both physical and psychological; SoSu was born "blessed" with good looks, and was trained for most of his life to embody that belief system. It certainly didn't help that he, like most Urskeks, was desperate for attention and validation.

He learned leadership on Thra, but before he figured it out, he relied entirely on keeping up an attentive, calm persona. Even after the Split, both the Emperor and Master have held onto this, for the most part.

Unpopular opinion

This isn’t quite an “opinion”, but... Still.

He didn't know how disturbing it would be for Seladon, to be "exiled" the same way a Skeksis would be.

Doesn't make it okay, and definitely doesn't mean he wouldn't be fine with her suffering if he did know, at least in this stage of Essence addiction, but he legitimately has no concept of... What that looks like. She wanted them to think of her like a peer to the Skeksis, so he punished her like one. That’s all there was to it in his mind. Honestly, I feel like that makes it a lot more unnerving, but that’s just me.

A wish

I want him to get sober at some point and acknowledge what he’s done. I want to see him mourn his Empire, especially in regards to the Gelfling.

An oh-god-please-don’t-ever-happen

Don't. Hit. Shod. Again. Or I will hurt YOU, Bird Palpatine.

And also, don't be quite as much of an ableist piece of shit when he comes back to the castle, you genocidal jackass. Just do one acceptable thing. Please.

5 words to best describe them

Regal / Frightened / Destructive / Pitiful / Draconian

My nickname for them

... So? Yeah, I pretty much just use So. Does Emperor on its own count?

[softfics9]

Easy Love - Chapter 1

Fandom; SF9

Main Pairing; Kim Youngkyun|Hwiyoung/Yoo Taeyang

Side Pairings; Kim Youngbin/Kim Inseong, Kim Seokwoo|Rowoon/Baek Juho|Zuho

Genre; Angst, Unrequited Love, Mutual Pining, College AU

Trigger Warnings; Mentions of alcohol

Word Count; 3,167

Rating; Teen and Up

Beta’d; No

Cross- Posted; AO3

Other Chapters; Chapter 2, Chapter 3

Author’s Notes; OK so yes while in real life Hwi is only just 18 in this AU they are aged up to 20/21 so it’s not underage drinking. Just had to get that out of the way first! I have been meaning to write this all summer, and I wanted it to be a cute fluffy one-shot of these two getting together but...nope, it’s a big ol’ angsty mess. I’m sorry. Unlike my other fics, I’m posting the first chapter without actually finishing the whole thing so I apologise that I don’t know where it’s going. I hope you all enjoy though!

Kim Youngkyun did not believe in love at first sight. It was just something made up by film and tv writers to allow for the instant beginnings of a relationship between two characters. Call him a cynic, and his oldest friend Baek Juho certainly did, but he was not about to go around thinking it was possible to see someone for the first time and hear violins playing or see stars twinkling around their head. So he scoffed at rom-coms and laughed when people cited it as how they knew their partner was “the one”, and he would proudly tell anyone who listened how ridiculous he thought it was. To put it simply; the sky is blue, water is wet, Juho is the most handsome guy he knows, and Youngkyun did not believe in love at first sight.

Until he met Yoo Taeyang. And suddenly he wasn’t certain of his own convictions anymore.

Sure the sky was still blue and water was still wet, at least most of the time in his experience, but his last two certainties were being called into question. Because this Seokwoo guy was more handsome than Juho, just by the slightest of margins, and when he saw Taeyang for the first time he heard music playing and his head was spinning and he found it hard to breathe. If he were to really think about it, he would have realised the music was coming from Youngbin’s speakers just behind him, and the ball that was kicked at his head was probably the cause of his shortness of breath and head trauma. But in that moment where he was falling to the ground thanks to the force of the football hitting the back of his head, he was sure that Yoo Taeyang was sunshine personified and he was in love. He tried to deny ever thinking such things at first, only to no avail, because Taeyang was the first one there to help him up and ask if he was ok, and there were butterflies in his stomach that he had no explanation for unless he blamed it on his head trauma.

It might not have been such a big deal in any other situation, if Taeyang was just some random stranger who he met on one occasion, and would have had ample time to get over him and recollect his thoughts. Except that was not the case because the “cold-city duo” was now a sextet, incorporating Youngbin and Chanhee the “brother-from-another-mother” pair and the heavenly vocals that were Seokwoo and Taeyang. Youngkyun was not opposed to having more friends, in fact, he rather enjoyed Chanhee’s evil tendencies and ability to make fun of everyone in the group, and Youngbin’s dad like presence which kept them all in check most of the time. And there was no way he could deny he greatly appreciated Seokwoo’s MasterChef cooking abilities which made him sigh with bliss over group dinners. It was merely the presence of Taeyang that was throwing his life off balance. Because Taeyang sat beside him in class and made it hard to focus on lessons, and his laugh made Youngkyun’s stomach flip and his heart flutter. But the worst part was, he felt himself falling more for him every time he learnt something new about him, and as their friendship grew, so did Youngkyun’s pining.

The older members of the group moved on to university, and while they still made time for the younger three, it wasn’t the same. Youngkyun now had no one to bounce off when he felt himself getting nervous around Taeyang. Juho had acted like his buffer when he was lost for words and shrunk in on himself, making sure to fill in his silences and protected him like he had always done. Youngbin had been the perfect person to turn to when his awkwardness was reaching its peak, always accepting cuddles and knew exactly what to do to ease the tension. Now there was just Chanhee left, and while they were very close, he was not capable of saving Youngkyun from himself.

Finally after their last year in school was over, and they were moving on to university with the rest of their friends, Youngkyun thought he might escape from the burning ache he felt in his heart from seeing Taeyang every day, knowing he didn’t feel the same. They were doing different courses entirely, their buildings were completely separate and everything. He could meet new people and perhaps learn to get over his first love. Of course, that never happened, since it only made sense for the three same-aged friends to get an apartment together, saving on living costs and not having to worry about roommates who might clash with their personalities. Youngkyun could have said no, come up with an excuse about wanting to get out of his shell and meet new people, but he would never do that. Call it selfish or even stupid, but Youngkyun didn’t really want to be separated from Taeyang. There was a warmth in his presence and comfort in knowing where he was and making sure he was eating and sleeping well. Staying so close was not going to help his heart to move on, but Youngkyun couldn’t help but feel the smallest bit of hope that maybe someday, Taeyang would finally see him in the same light.

The thing about loving someone for so long and believing it to be unrequited is that you become blind to changes in their behaviour. Youngkyun had spent 5 years of his life hopelessly crushing on his close friend, and so when Taeyang started to be more affectionate towards him, he simply put it down to their friendship getting stronger. He wrote off the constant skinship as Taeyang being comfortable around him and cursed his heart for hoping it meant more. Youngkyun was certain he had hidden his true feelings for Taeyang from his group of friends, surely Juho would have said something to him otherwise since he knew him so well. That illusion went out the window though, after one particularly excessive night out with his classmates.

He woke up in Juho’s apartment at 1 in the afternoon, with a splitting headache and a disgusting taste in his mouth. He had stumbled into his oldest friends kitchenette to find him cuddled up with Seokwoo drinking coffee. The sight of his two friends together made his heart wrench, knowing that was something he could never have with Taeyang. He sighed, knowing he had to continue to pretend he had nothing but platonic affection for Taeyang, and the couple looked up at him. Originally he thought the pitying smile on Seokwoo’s face was for the awful hangover he had, and he was too tired to try to decipher the look Juho was giving him. After they gave him a mug of black coffee - obviously cheap stuff from the supermarket, it was too bitter for his refined barista taste buds, they sat him down and the questioning started.

“Soooo, do you remember anything from your night? About how you got here or the things you said?”

Seokwoo was playing the responsible mom role, looking at him with concern in his eyes when he shook his head and said he didn’t remember much after doing a round of shots at the bar with a few people from his course.

“Shots!? Dude, you hate spirits what were you thinking? It really isn’t like you to drink so much that you don’t remember your night.”

“Yeah it’s very out of character for your Kyunnie, you’ve been out with your course friends before and took very good care of yourself. Did something happen that made you want to drink to forget?”

He was expecting this honestly - if it had been Youngbin who he went to it would have been a whole lot worse. But it was the last question from Seokwoo that sent up warning flags in Youngkyun’s head. It was loaded with an underlying emotion that he couldn’t pinpoint exactly, but he got the feeling it would be dangerous to answer. The truth was, he originally hadn’t planned to go on the class night out, preferring to stay in and watch a movie and eat junk food. But that morning as he was walking out of his 9 am Criminology lecture, he had seen Taeyang surrounded by four really pretty girls, laughing and looking so happy. Youngkyun had felt a twist in his gut. Of course Taeyang was happy with all those girls paying attention to him, there was no way he could ever look that happy with Youngkyun around him. There was a dark voice in his head berating him, making him feel small and stupid for loving one of his friends when there was no chance of him ever feeling the same. So he quickly found Lee Jeno, the guy from his class who was organising their night out- and looked better in bleach blonde than he did- and told him he wanted to go with them.

Of course, he couldn’t tell his friends his reasoning, they would worry far too much and as much as it hurt him, Youngkyun didn’t want anyone to know about his feelings for Taeyang still. He didn’t want them to tell him that he should try move on, the selfish part of himself wanted to keep holding on despite all the pain it caused him. While he was lost in his own memories, he didn’t notice Seokwoo and Juho sharing a knowing look.

“Kyunnie, you really don’t remember what you said to us when you got here?”

The tone Seokwoo used was disconcerting, it was sickeningly sweet and yet laced with worry too. It made Youngkyun feel more than a little dread in his stomach wondering what he could have said to make them talk like this. He shook his head very slowly, and Juho sighed before moving to sit beside him and put an arm around his shoulders. Seokwoo leaned back a little, knowing this was something Juho was in a better position to deal with since he had known Youngkyun for so much longer.

“Listen Hwi, we’ve known each other for so long yeah? And you know I promised I’ll always look after you, so you can trust me and tell me when things are bothering you. I don’t want to have to wake up at 1 am to Jaeyoon frantically buzzing our bell because you were so drunk you couldn’t even remember your name and he didn’t know what else to do with you.”

Youngkyun felt a shameful blush spread across his cheeks, he didn’t realise he had been that bad - although the headache he woke up with should have been an indication. His original intentions when he went out with his classmates was just to drink enough to give him a gentle tipsy buzz, and hoping he might let loose enough to get close to someone else there. He wouldn’t deny there were plenty of cute guys in his class, surely one of them could help him get over his useless love for Taeyang. But after two shots he went straight from sober to drunk and was no longer able to remember what happened. Probably the only reason he had been stopped before he passed out was Jaeyoon discovering him and being responsible enough to get him out of the bar.

He realised he hadn’t answered any of Juho or Seokwoo’s questions and instead was lost in his own mind. There was nothing he could do to fix his drunken mistakes, but he needed to know what they were so he could deal with them.

“I’m really sorry that I caused you two and Jaeyoon-hyung such an inconvenience. I didn’t really mean to get so drunk but I must have lost control. Law students can be very persuasive you know? But I am really sorry, I don’t remember anything I said or did last night. Was it bad?”

Youngkyun asked the last part very hesitantly, he needed to know what happened but at the same time, he wasn’t sure he wanted to. The conflict must have been clear on his face because Seokwoo sighed again and got up off the floor. He walked into his and Juho’s shared bedroom and shut the door behind him. Youngkyun was confused now, and he looked to his left to see Juho staring at him. He hadn’t seen this much concern since the first day they met, and the older male had protected him from bullies in school.

“You were spouting all sorts of nonsense at first when Jaeyoon- hyung brought you in, law terms and other stuff I didn’t understand. I made up the bed on the floor but you just wouldn’t lie down, you started talking about how Chanhee was going to miss you when he woke up this morning and then kept trying to leave. Then after I said we would text him and Taeyang to tell them where you were, you just burst into tears. Hwi - why didn’t you tell me before that you liked him?”

There it was, Youngkyun felt his breath hitch and he started to panic. He had obviously told Juho, and indirectly Seokwoo, about his feelings for Taeyang. He felt a lump form in his throat and just buried his head in his lap. This was probably the second worst thing he could have done, the first being telling Taeyang himself how he felt. Juho wrapped his arms around his younger friends middle and pulled him up into his own lap. Youngkyun was in tears now, sobbing into his tall friend's shoulder. He was very glad Seokwoo left because this was embarrassing enough without another witness. Juho was the only one who he fully broke down his walls for, and he was so grateful he had a friend like this. He heard the deep voice murmuring calming words into his ear as he rubbed gentle circles on his back. Juho knew just what to do to calm him down when he got like this, and after a few short minutes, Youngkyun felt like he would be able to talk again.

“Hyung - I’m really messed up aren’t I? I’ve been in love with Taeyang for so long and I’ve never been able to say anything. Every day it hurts seeing him, being so close but knowing I can never be like you and Seokwoo-hyung, or even Youngbin-hyung and Inseong-hyung. He doesn’t like me back, not in the way I want him too, and I just - I don’t know how to get over him.”

His voice cracked a few times, and he had to keep stopping to take deep breaths, but his confession was finally out there. His hyung knew, and now all he could do was wait to see what he would say.

“You’re such a dummy, you do know that right?”

That wasn’t what Youngkyun had been expecting. He looked up to meet Juho’s eyes and he was smiling sadly. Shrugging his shoulders, he wasn’t sure how to reply to that. His friend rolled his eyes and squeezed him a little tighter to his chest.

“You really had no reason to keep this from me, or any of the group really. We weren’t going to be mad or judge you or anything. I mean, Seokwoo and I were friends before we started dating, there’s nothing wrong with that at all. All I’m curious about is why you think Taeyang doesn’t feel the same way you do?”

Youngkyun blinked rapidly at the unexpected question. He thought he would have gotten some comforting words, advice on what to do or even just be told to try move on. But Juho had surprised him, why would he ask such a thing? Of course Taeyang didn’t feel the same, he liked girls who were small and pretty and good dancers, he laughed and always looked so comfortable talking to them. He voiced all this to his friend, finally feeling more confident talking about it now he didn’t have to hide anymore.

“Just because Taeyang is friends with a lot of girls doesn’t mean he likes any of them, it also doesn’t mean he can’t like you too. Now I will admit I have never seen him when he is with those groups, but I do know that whenever he is with you his smile is brighter than the actual sun. And I mean, he is always putting his hand on your arm or resting his head on your shoulder. You guys are so comfortable together, Seokwoo actually thought you two were dating before last night, and most of the others agreed.”

The younger’s head shot straight up, and he almost choked on his own spit at that. Most of his friends thought he was dating Taeyang? How was that possible? Sure they were pretty close and cuddly, but that was just Taeyang being his normal friendly self. Had his crush been so glaringly obvious that the whole group had picked up on it? If so, did that mean Taeyang knew about his feelings too?

“Dude calm down, I don’t want you dying on me right now. Before you ask, and I’m sure you want to, it’s only the older members who discussed it. Chanhee and Taeyang weren’t part of it, you were all doing some first-year orientation thing when the rest of us met up for coffee.”

Youngkyun felt relieved at that, Taeyang knowing would be the worst possible outcome, but if Chanhee knew his life would be a living hell. He settled his head back into his friend's shoulder. The fact they all knew about his feelings in some way lifted a bit of the weight off his heart. Obviously, he wouldn’t just go to any of the others to just casually talk to about this, but since they knew maybe he could start acting a little more normal around them now. He promised that he would tell Juho everything from start to finish, and would come to him about any new things. But the positive reaction he got made him feel a little more hopeful about everything. Surely if six of his friends thought he was dating Taeyang, then there must be something going on he wasn’t seeing.

Much happier than he had been for a long time, Youngkyun got up off Juho’s lap and stretched out. He went and released Seokwoo from his self-imposed solitude and gave him a big hug. Slightly shocked, Seokwoo hesitated to hug him back at first, but as the good mom friend, he smothered the younger in affection once the situation was cleared up. The shortest of the three friends went to shower, he wanted to scrub away all of last nights bad memories, this was going to be his fresh start. With the support of his hyungs, he would either work up the courage to confess or at least get on the road to moving on.

[zosonils]

here’s some random thoughts about this as i very slowly try to flesh it out up in the ol’ brain place

probably takes place 10 or so years after pnf canon, so basically it’s act your age but they’re allowed to swear and also generally it’s better

roughly, phineas and ferb both share mae’s role, isabella is bea, buford is gregg and baljeet is angus. i say roughly because i don’t want to change their personalities too much, so pretty much none of the pnf characters will be a perfect 1:1 fit to the nitw characters, and while the plot will be pretty similar overall to nitw proper the character-driven parts will probably vary a lot

bujeet is canon because i said so

maybe lovemuffin could be analogous to the cult? they’re nowhere near as genuinely menacing but since pnf doesn’t have any serious antagonists they’re basically the only equivalent that makes sense unless maybe you bring in the 2nd dimension counterparts [and as much as i love them it’d make things entirely too complicated]

candace is kinda like aunt molly in that she looks out for the gang’s and especially her brothers’ wellbeing and takes that Very Seriously, but she’s not a c*p so she’s better

the au has all the bittersweet feeling and fucked up plot beats from night in the woods, but maintains the consistently silly sense of humour from phineas and ferb. tonally i’d place it at about the same level as atsd if atsd was allowed to swear copiously and depict adult subjects like alcohol and taxes

germ irving

between the brothers every gregg vs bea choice [or rather buford vs isabella] happens simultaneously so isabella, buford and baljeet all get that sweet fuckin character development within the same timeline

what with the story having two protagonists instead of one the character arc on phineas and ferb’s end is fairly different from mae’s and i will probably just make something up entirely! it’ll likely revolve around their relationship a lot rather than just evenly dividing mae’s issues between them

that being said, if i had to split mae’s problems between them [and i probably will to some degree], phineas mostly gets the disconnect from his old friends, difficulty acting like an adult, and erratic/impulsive behaviour, and ferb mainly has the chronically low self-esteem, rampant paranoia, and year-long silent mental breakdown. i use vague terms like ‘mostly’ because i could easily assign any of those traits to either of them

but like they’re fine lol don’t worry [this is about half true]

debating whether to keep the timeframe in autumn for the aesthetic or shift it back to summer for funney cartoon refrance. i’ll probably push it back to summer because it wouldn’t feel right otherwise lmao

perry is still in it but i haven’t figured out how yet. he’s there though! by extension so is doof, and probably the rest of the b-plot characters like vanessa, norm, charlene, and the owca

the notebook is mostly ferb! he writes and doodles his thoughts because non-verbal equivalent to venting goes brrr. phineas is the only person ferb is willing to share the notebook with [usually as some form of ‘hey i would rather die than talk but here’s how i’m feeling right now’], and sometimes he’ll scribble in some commentary or a relevant doodle if ferb is okay with it

you fucking bet the band is still a thing B) i’ll figure out who plays what instrument later, there’s probably an episode where all 5 of them play a song together so i’ll look for that sometime. anyway [makes a gay little rhythm sequence to gimme a grade that pisses you off]

if i think of anything else i’ll post it somewhere. please send me asks about this

pnf nitw au